CVE-2013-1444 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in specific Debian patches for txt2man versions 1.5.5, 1.5.5-2, and 1.5.5-4. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symbolic link attack targeting the /tmp/2222 temporary file. With a CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and moderate attack complexity, resulting in partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.5-2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:txt2man:1.5.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.5-4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:txt2man:1.5.5-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marc_vertes:txt2man:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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